సీమంతము

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit సీమన్త (sīmanta) +‎ -ము (-mu). Related to సీమ (sīma, “limit, boundary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːman̪t̪amu/

Noun

సీమంతము • (sīmantamu) n (plural సీమంతములు)

1. a parting of the hair on the head
2. a ceremonial parting of the hair on a woman's head at certain periods of the first pregnancy
3. (by extension) a baby shower

References

• "సీమంతము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1342